Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Expenditure

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's spending on the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit was in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

Mr Edward Vaizey: The Intellectual Property Office has funded the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit as follows; (a) 2013-14 £0.975m(b) 2014-15 £1.423m(c) 2015-16 £0.677m billed to September 2015 (funding period still ongoing)